Date : between 1787 and 1789
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Gift of Darius O. Mills (1906)
Salon des Artistes français
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French Painting
Painting (Thème historique)
Area related
Paris (France)
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The painting illustrates the procession celebrating the victory of the Roman general Amelius Paulus over the King Perseus of Macedonia in 168 B.C. Amelius is shown on the gold chariot on the right followed by prisoners, among whom is Perseus and his family. The Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus with his hundred steps dominates the background.
This picture was begun in 1787 and was presented as Vernet's reception piece to the French Royal Academy in 1789. It was exhibited in the Salon of 1789 and 1791. A Funeral of Patrocles was planned as a pendant was but never finished.
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